The British General Election of 1979

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_British_General_Election_of_1979
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won 339
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_vote_share 43.9%
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 3 May 1979
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The British General Election of 1979
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won 269
gptkbp:Labour_Party_vote_share 36.9%
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkb:David_Steel
James Callaghan
gptkbp:Liberal_Party_vote_share 13.8%
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon 11
gptkbp:losses gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:majoritySeats 318
gptkbp:notableAchievement Margaret Thatcher became first female UK Prime Minister
gptkbp:notableEvent end of Labour government
start of Conservative government under Thatcher
gptkbp:number_of_seats_in_House_of_Commons 635
gptkbp:parliament_formed gptkb:48th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
James Callaghan
gptkbp:successor gptkb:1983_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:triggeredBy gptkb:vote_of_no_confidence_in_James_Callaghan's_government
gptkbp:voterTurnout 76.0%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_David_Butler
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7